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WHUS52 KKEY 121933
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GMZ035-044-122030-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
333 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* AT 333 PM EDT, A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED OVER TOPTREE HAMMOCK KEY.
THE WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, COUPON BIGHT, RACCOON
KEY, NEWFOUND HARBOR, AND CUDJOE BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2473 8130 2474 8132 2474 8133 2472 8130
2463 8127 2459 8157 2461 8157 2472 8158
2473 8158 2473 8159 2477 8159 2487 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 252DEG 2KT 2471 8149
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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